Favorite rimfires and why? (including longguns and handguns)

CZ-75 with Kadet Conversion.
Colt Diamondback (affordable DA shooting).
Norinco TU 33/40 (looks like a scaled down Mauser 98) for bolt action goodness.
M-2 Springfield. Class. For me the best 22 LR rifle ever made.
 
S&W22A for pistol. The standard fully railed barrels allow many options, extras in different lengths and sight options are available and it only takes the push of a button to swap them.
The Ruger 10-22 is the pimpmaster chamelion of the gun world. Decent plinker out of the box just waiting to become your ultimate image of what a 22 ought to be.
 
With one exception, the only brand of .22 pistol I've owned is the Ruger.
So far, have never found a reason to have any other kind.
And it can be safely dry fired.
 
My two favs (for decades) have been my Winchester 67 and my Remington 580. They are both "can't miss" rifles, even with my aging eyes.
 
The new 8 shot Ruger SP101 revolver is my current favorite rimfire handgun. I love not having to worry about whether it's going to cycle with whatever .22LR ammo I've been able to scrounge.

In long guns, the CZ-452 is the clear winner for me.
 
Winchester Modell 1885 low wall , single shot, 17 HMR. Rifle - great looking, great shooting.

Winchester Model 62, pump action, exposed hammer, .22 rifle. - Classic 22, fun to shoot.

CZ 455fs .17 HMR, bolt action rifle. Full length Mannlicher style stock. Shoots as good as it looks.

Runner ups: Winchester Model 63 semi auto .22 rifle and Browning semi auto take down rifle. Both classics.
 
My CZ 452 and our S&W MP15-22 are up there for me. My CZ for feel, aesthetics, accuracy. One of my great joys is spending an afternoon shooting groups with the 452 and I can do it for hours on $10.

The 15-22 for fun and reliability. That gun has never met a bullet it couldn't fire (and feed... and eject) or a person it couldn't make smile.
 
My favorite .22 rifle is a CZ452FS. I installed a YoDave spring/shim kit and ended up with a superb trigger. Always liked wood-to-muzzle stocks and I've wanted a quality .22 bolt rifle since the original Kimbers came out.

I have a Smith M17 (my first handgun) but I've never shot it as well as I would like.

The .22 pistol that gets the most range time is a Ruger 22/45 with a Volquartsen trigger and hammer kit. It is my suppressor host and has a Burris Fastfire II red dot sight.

I have a Ciener conversion for my .45 1911. The aluminum slide atop the steel frame gives it a bit of an odd feel but the kit works well with good ammo and I like the aluminum 15 round magazines.

I recently acquired a GSG-1911 .22 and am looking forward to shaking it out. The balance and feel of the pistol are very good.
 
Hey, that brings up a question!
Can the magazines from the Ciener swap with the GSG 1911-22 magazines and vice-versa?

My buddy has long considered the Ciener. We both run the GSG. It's a fun handgun, but it's not a serious one.
 
I don't think so but I will confirm once I make time to get to the range with the GSG.

I did purchase a polymer Kimber .22 conversion magazine and found that it will run with the Ciener. That same Kimber magazine would not even fit into the GSG.

I saw some YouTube videos about an aftermarket "plus four" follower for the GSG magazines. One video that I watched gave them a thumbs down.

CDNN had GSG magazines on sale at one point. I like having at least two magazines for a pistol.
 
I saw some YouTube videos about an aftermarket "plus four" follower for the GSG magazines. One video that I watched gave them a thumbs down.
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I have five magazines for my GSG 1911-22 and I have installed the plus-4 follow in each of those magazines. They work great for me but I can see how some folks might not care quite as much for their use as I do. Simply put, it's not a flawless upgrade.

--you lose the finger button for the follower with the +4 follower. The follower does have a hole in it and there is a thumb-piece tool that you can buy to assist in loading them. This is another piece to buy and you have to use the tool each time, so it's more work to load than the original mag with standard 10-rd follower

--you also cannot use the loading tool for the first 2-3 rounds when loading the mag, you actually thumb the slide lock cutout on the follower itself until the hole appears to insert the tool. It's another work around that seems to annoy people

--sometimes I'll see that my upgraded follower doesn't want to lock the slide back on the last shot... and sometimes, the follower itself actually holds the slide back rather than actuating the slide lock -- and what you end up with is a mag that doesn't drop free with the push of a button, you must draw the slide rearward for it to fall free. Again, it's sporadic and it is a work-around if you want the +4 option

None of those are dealbreakers for me. If it were only +1 on each mag, it certainly would seem like a hassle, but 4 extra rounds is quite an upgrade in my opinion, and since I only run the pistol for fun shooting at empty 12ga hulls, I love the +4 even if I have to fiddle here and there.

The magazine body and construction is very good, the true annoyance here are the idiot states that limit magazine capacity, making it FAR easier for any/every rimfire semi-auto handgun builder to simply design their pistols around a 10-rd magazine just so it's logistically easier to sell all around the nation. In other words, if not for the silly states, this pistol likely would have been designed around a 12-14 round capacity in the first place, I think.
 
For me it is my Marlin 39a Golden.

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It shoots any .22 ammo except WMR, holds 26 shorts, 19 lr, and with certain ammo, the closed breech and 24 inch barrel make it as quiet as a bb gun, literally.

As far as handguns:

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It's a 7 shooter DA. Love it.
 
No pistols for me, two rifles first the treat it hard throw it about still shoots straight and costs nothing, mossberg plinkster .22 synthetic pistol grip 10shot mag, shoot best groups withe the cheapest nastiest Russian made highland target ammo, not must chop with the higher velocity ammo but and allround fun cheap rifle! Second probably my favourite rifle full stop savage stainless varmint laminate thumbhole .17hmr, love it , minor tweaks will shoot through the same hole all day at 80 metres topped with a redfeild 3-9 x 50 has taken down a lot of game I probably should not have tried to. But when a fallow deer walks across a rabbit warren your sniping out what else do you do. Not a real optimal or ethical deer rifle but it did it one shot. Federal premium vital shock ballistic tips great round to match what I consider a great little rifle
 
Favorite rimfires and why? (including longguns and handguns)

I'd have to say it's my Ruger MkIII 22/45. That thing just shoots so well it really makes me look like a much better pistol shot than I really am.
 
Handgun? Type 1 Colt Woodsman. "It just feels right." My grandmother's old squirrel gun still shoots just fine, thank you. :)

Rifles? I've had too many good ones to just stay with one. Old Rem 550. Browning take-down semi. Walther Model 2. Winchester Model 90 and the Model 63.
 
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